---
type: "Bill"
title: "RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT"
description: "Amends the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act. Provides that units of local government are exempt from specified waste fees. Effective immediately."
jurisdiction: "us/states/il"
legislature: "Illinois General Assembly"
session: "100th"
identifier: "SB 3017"
citation: "Illinois SB 3017 (100th)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-08-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e5f1c0b-a4e7-42f8-a11c-8154688b4f54"
source_url: "http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3017&GAID=14&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=110527&SessionID=91&GA=100"
source_hash: "e531936e4e276d24afac4571027d8fcd34a7b0060f322053005ffaa99b55744a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-il"]
---

# Illinois SB 3017 (100th) — RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT

Amends the Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act. Provides that units of local government are exempt from specified waste fees. Effective immediately.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3017&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110527&DocNum=3017&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3017eng&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110527&DocNum=3017&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=10000SB3017enr&GA=100&SessionId=91&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=110527&DocNum=3017&GAID=14&Session=&print=true)

## Votes

- Third Reading — **109–0** (pass) · lower
- Third Reading — **57–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sue Rezin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-02-15** Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sue Rezin `filing`
- **2018-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** Referred to Assignments `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Assigned to Environment and Conservation `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Do Pass Environment and Conservation; 005-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 17, 2018
- **2018-04-23** Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 24, 2018
- **2018-04-25** Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-04-25** Arrived in House `introduction`
- **2018-04-25** Chief House Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner
- **2018-04-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2018-04-26** Referred to Rules Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-07** Assigned to Environment `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-15** Do Pass / Short Debate Environment; 019-000-000 `committee-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Added Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Steven A. Andersson
- **2018-05-17** Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-21** Second Reading - Short Debate `reading-2`
- **2018-05-21** Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
- **2018-05-25** Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 109-000-000 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-05-25** Passed Both Houses
- **2018-06-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2018-08-17** Governor Approved `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-17** Effective Date August 17, 2018
- **2018-08-17** Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0938 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e5f1c0b-a4e7-42f8-a11c-8154688b4f54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).